Update

Depending on where you are getting them from and the ages of them, make sure you quarantine them as appropriate - piggies from anywhere other than a reputable rescue centre should ideally be quarantined in a separate room for two weeks to ensure they don’t pass anything on to your piggy. However, quarantine should not be done if your piggy is under four months of age or in acute pining. In those circumstances you bond straight away because the social needs of the single piggy is greater than the need to quarantine.

Claire has linked in the bonding guide Which tells you the procedure for carrying out a bonding.
I hope all goes well! Keep us posted
 
In addition to our step-by-step bonding guide which will guide you through preparations and all stages of the rather complex bonding process, you may also find the sow guide helpful, especially for the two weeks post-bonding Dominance phase, which most people are not aware of (it is also covered by the bonding guide but focuses a bit more on typical sow behaviours). It take much longer than expected and is a much more complex process until a new group if fully established in their territory.
Sows: Behaviour and female health problems (including ovarian cysts)

Please accept that you can only create the best conditions for bonding but that there is never a guarantee that a bonding will necessarily work out. That is all down to the unique personalities and the ensuing dynamics between them, which you can never predict but which can lead to a clash of personalities or aspirations.
 
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